GOP Rep: Jesus Couldn't Even Control House Republicans

[DonViejo]

TOM KLUDT – FEBRUARY 6, 2014, 6:57 AM EST

A longtime John Boehner ally had a priceless take Wednesday on the House speaker's struggles to control his often-untamable Republican caucus.

As he heads into the latest round of debt limit negotiations, Boehner once again finds himself in the unenviable position of trying to avoid both a falling out with his members and a potentially toxic fight with the White House.

His latest pitch to Republicans, per the Washington Post's Robert Costa, is to tie a restoration of military benefits to a one-year debt limit extension.

Boehner, who's drawn plenty of blowback from his caucus in past debt limit fights, didn't sign off on the idea. Instead, he asked his allies to sell the idea to House Republicans.

Costa has quite the quote from one such Boehner associate:

http://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/house-republicans-debt-limit-jesus

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1. I think Jesus

would flip the finger at the modern Republican party and those that support it.